Co-op Deli cocktail pies

In the hope of raising the standard of pork pies this month, I hoped to acquire a Craske’s pork pie. Bob had tipped me off that the Co-op by their dairy in Earlham did Craske’s sausages. Unfortunately, there was no sign of Craske’s presence, but they did have some cocktail pies and since we haven’t sampled Co-op pies, I bought these. Ricky thought we should all test out my new car, so six of us and Giada all set off for Thompson to sample the Co-op’s delights. Walking near to the battle area around Tottington, we came upon a group of five Red Deer does crossing our path and later standing in a clearing where they stood still for a few minutes, some 200 yards away. Following the pingo trail, we eventually arrived at the pre pie pub. Ricky had come up trumps this week, taking us to the delightful Chequers Inn. Here we met former Bystanders Frances & Bob then leaving... After sampling the delights of Hancocks HB, a short walk to the car would reveal what the Co-op could do on the pork pie front. The cocktail pies had an anemic external appearance and a pale pink filling lacking in flavour. They managed to beat last months lame duck, Wm Morrison Vale of Mowbray, scoring 5.333 with a standard deviation of 0.60553. So a normalised 5.5 for Co-Op cocktail pies.

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